tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post835525980280992020..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Units of MeaurementMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-36366539869941805802014-12-26T02:29:57.099+00:002014-12-26T02:29:57.099+00:00I'm a supply teacher in Australia in primary s...I'm a supply teacher in Australia in primary school (up to 12 year olds). Things aren't quite as bad here as you depict Frank. But really, the whole thing's a simple equation. It’s a mercenary and tenuous relationship built on need. The schools are using us and we are using them.<br /><br />Here's an example of sport stupidity that happened to me...Physical skills are, to put it mildly, feeble. Can't throw, can't catch or use a racquet or bat. Yet there's no shortage of equipment or money spent on small and big ticket items.<br /> <br />I took the 'first eleven' from a school to an interschool cricket match to witness bowlers being allowed to throw the ball because they couldn't bowl, simple catches dropped with calls of 'good try' from team members, opening batsmen backing off the pitch scared of the ball (a yellow rubber and plastic thing at that) and the wicket keeper crying because one of these soft balls rolled in to him by a fieldsman (sorry, fieldsperson) hurt his gloved hands. The scorer, an eleven year old of reasonable intelligence, wrote in the scorebook that some players were 'blowed out' while others were 'cort' or 'runt out' and one was 'stuped'. I've seen a football (soccer) team beaten 23 to nil on Friday and been at the school parade the following Monday to hear the team captain report the score and add that everyone played well. Yes, especially those on the opposing team.Fellow Chalkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-23191643596261198142014-11-16T16:39:52.332+00:002014-11-16T16:39:52.332+00:00+/- 0,05mg is not good enough!+/- 0,05mg is not good enough!Ole Phat Stuhttp://www.savory.de/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-60858038040889021102014-11-10T23:23:42.951+00:002014-11-10T23:23:42.951+00:00This is good stuff, please write a bit more often....This is good stuff, please write a bit more often.<br />John Gibsonjohn gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167878139970332310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-92043706384974127542014-10-26T18:39:38.570+00:002014-10-26T18:39:38.570+00:00Quote from Albert Einstein: 'Two things are in...Quote from Albert Einstein: 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.',Ole Phat Stuhttp://www.savory.de/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.com